Peter Crouch and the 11 Most Beautiful Goals Scored by English Footballers

When ESPN's SportsCenter have Peter Crouch's goal as the No.1 top play, you know it's a special goal. 

The irony of Crouch's goal is that it came in a Stoke City uniform, a team known for hoof-ball (a.k.a anti-football).

Here are the 11 most beautiful goals scored by English footballers.

11. Frank Worthington

Sex, booze and football should be the message left on Frank Worthington's tombstone. 

Worthington was an immensely talented footballer who failed both his medicals at Bill Shankly's Liverpool. 

Robin Hackett wrote about Worthington's shenanigans just prior to his second medical at Liverpool:

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He was dating Miss Great Britain at the time, but chatted up another woman on the plane to the Balearic Islands before having a threesome with a Swedish mother and daughter, and then another romp with a Belgian lady. He returned to Anfield for a second medical, and failed again, leading Liverpool to call the move off.

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The urban myth was that Worthington had gonorrhea, but it was actually high blood pressure. Though according to Pete May, the high blood pressure was caused by excessive sexual activity. 

10. Michael Owen

Michael Owen is still only 32 years old and it's sad that his best days are behind him. 

What if he stayed at Liverpool? He left the club to win a UEFA Champions League title with Real Madrid. 

Liverpool won the Champions League a season after Owen left. 

9. Wayne Rooney

What a wonderfully edited version of Wayne Rooney's spectacular goal by The Sun. 

I can't believe it's been nine years since Clive Tyldesley shouted out, "Remember the name: Wayne Rooney!"

8. Joe Cole

Niclas Alexandersson had a horrible game.

Though most people forget that because of Joe Cole's audacious goal. 

If you were wondering, the goalkeeper was Andreas Isaksson, who would later sign for Manchester City. 

7. Sir Bobby Charlton

Sir Bobby Charlton oozed of class on the field and is just as classy off the field. 

That goal he scored was the type of goal that Duncan Edwards would score. 

To this day, Charlton maintains that Edwards was the greatest player he ever saw. 

6. Paul Gascoigne

I don't think Paul Gascoigne had another decent year after Euro 96. 

Such a waste of talent. 

5. John Barnes

John Barnes' psychoanalysis of the Brazilians is gold: 

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The Brazilians were shocked, and I supposed that's why they didn't tackle me, because they thought there was no way an Englishman is going to do this.

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4. David Beckham

A few months after David Beckham's goal, Bend It Like Beckham was released. 

3. Steven Gerrard

What a perfect blend of precision and power. 

I've always wondered why this Steven Gerrard goal wasn't given the Goal of the Season. 

Anyone remember who the goalkeeper was that day? 

Brad Jones, who is currently a Liverpool player. 

2. Robbie Fowler

Robbie Fowler had high football IQ, excellent positional awareness and was a good finisher. 

Andy Carroll is lacking in all these areas. 

1. Matt Le Tissier

When I saw Peter Crouch's goal against Manchester City, I thought that was something Matt Le Tissier would do. 

Le Tissier's magic was idolised by millions, one of which was a La Masia student called Xavier Hernández Creus, or simply known as Xavi: 

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The man I absolutely loved watching as a kid was Matt Le Tissier ... his talent was out of the norm. He could dribble past seven or eight players but without speed—he just walked past them. For me he was sensational.

 

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